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STATES FFICEQ PATENT D. T. WARREN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND AMEDEE SPADONE, 0F THE SAME PLAGE.

PENCIL-CASE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 55,966, dated June 26, 1866.

tions or sections of the case, suitably con-4 structed therefor, in the proper directions either one or the other, or both, can be thrown out or drawn into the case, according as may be desired.

In accompanying plate of drawings my imlflrovements are illustrated, but on an enlarged scale, so as to more fully show them- Figure l being a centra-l section of the pencil-case taken in the .direction of its length, with the lead-holder thrown out of the same; Fig. 2, aside view of a portion ofthe case,

showing the parts thereof by which the lead-4 holder is operated; Fig. 3, a similar view of the operating parts for the pen-holder.

a a in the drawings represent a lead-holder made ot' the usual form and. style and secured to one end of a shaft, b, inserted within a concentric tube, c, made ot' the same or of sufficient length that it will allow the shaft a, with its lead-holder, to be entirely inclosed within or incased by the same, in the upper portion of which tube, and extending; for a portion of its length, is a straight slot, d, in which moves and slides a stud or pin, h, upon the outside ofthe shaft a., which stud also engages with the spiral-shaped slot l, made or cut and extending in the direction of the length of the loose sleeve m, placed upon and over the upper part, a, of the incasing-tube c, so that by turning said sleeve to the right or left the lead-shaft is made to travel in or out of its incasing-tube, as is evident without further explanation.

The sleeve m extends over the end of the shaft a at that part of the same to and upon which it is placed, and is slightly enlarged, as shown at o in the drawings, so as to allow the parts for operating the penholder of the pencil-case to be more conveniently arranged, and has in its outer end a box, q, for the reception and holdin g of leads7 suitable for the lead-holder of the pencil-case.

r is another concentric tube, placed loosely upon and over the above-described devices composing lthe parts for operating the leadholder, in the lower end, s, of which a holder, t, is formed, suitable for receiving a writingpen of any7 of the ordinary styles, which tube at its upper portion, u, is incased within another concentric tube, fu, having a straight slot, fw, formed in the same and in the direction of its length, through and in which slot a pin, or, of the pen-tube r plays, and also in the longitudinal spiral-shaped slot y of the loose sleeve z, incasing and covering the next inner concentric tube, c, so that by turning the said sleeve to the right or left the pentube is made to travel in or out ot" its incasing-tube, as the casefmay be, thus drawing in or throwing out the pen-holder thereof from the lower end of the pencil-case.

This sleevezextends from the enlarged portion of the other and inner sleeve, m, toward the lower end of the pencil-case, and for onehalf, or nearly so, of its entire length, and its spiral-shaped slot, as well as that ofthe sleeve m, is to be made of sufcient length and twist' to enable the requisite movements in and out of thepencil-case to be given to their respective holders.

The pencil-case constructed as above eX- plained is then properly incased within any suitable outer covering made of gold, silver', or other metal or material, and of any desired style of finish and shape, as in ordinary pencil-cases.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The arrangement of the lead-holder a, shaft b, tube c, straight slot d, stud or pin h, loose sleeve m, with its enlargement o, spiral slot Z, tube r, pen-holder t, tube a, straight slot w, pin w, spiral slot 1 and loose sleeve z, as and for the purpose set forth.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 5th day of August, 1865. DORMAN T. WARREN. Witnesses:

WM. DEAN OVERELL, G. L. E. TOPLIEE. 

